Financial Crime Compliance

Where Compliance Expertise Meets Innovation.

Synthex Compliance helps fintechs, MSBs, payment companies, and regulated financial institutions navigate regulatory complexity, combat financial crime, and build scalable compliance programs. Our approach combines deep compliance expertise with innovation to deliver practical solutions for today's financial ecosystem.

Who we serve
Fintech Crypto & Digital Assets Payment Processors Money Services Business (MSBs) Bank as a Service (BaaS) Casinos & Gaming Broker Dealers & Registered Investment Advisers
What we do

Compliance built for your business — not a template.

We help build stronger compliance programs through practical expertise, innovative thinking, and solutions designed for the modern financial ecosystem.

Financial Crime Compliance

Financial crime risks continue to evolve as regulators increase expectations surrounding AML, CFT, and Sanctions. Synthex helps organizations assess, strengthen, and optimize their financial crime compliance frameworks.

  • AML/CFT Independent Reviews
  • AML/CFT Risk Assessments
  • OFAC and Sanctions Reviews
  • Compliance Program Gap Assessments
  • State Compliance Review (e.g. NY504)
  • Third-Party Risk Assessments
  • Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) Compliance Support
  • Fraud Prevention

Compliance Advisory & Managed Services

Organizations often require specialized compliance expertise without the overhead associated with maintaining large internal teams. Synthex provides flexible advisory solutions designed to support compliance functions at every stage of growth.

  • Fractional Compliance Officer
  • Compliance Program Development
  • Governance Framework Development
  • Compliance Training
  • Regulatory Examination Support
  • Regulatory Remediation Support
  • Consumer Compliance Reviews
  • Sponsor Bank Readiness Reviews
Our approach

Effective compliance, built on five principles.

At Synthex, we believe effective compliance rests on expertise, practicality, risk-based thinking, innovation, and partnership.

By combining these five principles, Synthex Compliance delivers modern compliance solutions designed for today's financial institutions.

About

About Synthex Compliance

Synthex Compliance was founded on a simple belief: compliance should protect organizations from risk while enabling sustainable growth.

In today's financial ecosystem, compliance is more than a regulatory obligation—it is a critical component of trust, resilience, and long-term success. Financial institutions must navigate evolving regulations, emerging technologies, and increasingly sophisticated financial crime risks while continuing to innovate and grow.

Synthex helps organizations meet these challenges through specialized compliance, financial crime, and risk advisory services designed for the modern financial ecosystem.

Our experience spans AML, sanctions compliance, fintech and payments compliance, sponsor-bank programs, risk assessments, regulatory examinations, compliance program development, transaction monitoring, and financial crime risk management.

Synthex delivers direct access to senior-level expertise, tailored solutions, and practical recommendations designed to create measurable value.

Whether supporting a rapidly growing fintech, a payment processor preparing for enhanced oversight, or an established financial institution strengthening its compliance program, our focus remains the same: helping clients build effective compliance programs that are both regulator-ready and business-friendly.

Omar Magaña, Founder of Synthex Compliance
The Founder

Meet the Founder

Omar Magaña — Founder & Principal Consultant

Omar Magaña is a seasoned risk and compliance professional with extensive experience advising domestic and international financial institutions on AML, sanctions, and regulatory compliance matters. As a former compliance practitioner and advisor, he brings a unique blend of operational and consulting experience, delivering practical, risk-based solutions that balance regulatory expectations with business objectives.

Trusted by executive leadership, Boards, and Audit Committees to lead independent compliance reviews, regulatory readiness assessments, remediation initiatives, and compliance program enhancements, Omar has helped organizations strengthen governance, enhance control environments, and build scalable compliance programs that support growth, resilience, and long-term success.

CAMS AML / CFT BSA Sanctions NY DFS 504
Common questions

Straight answers, before you ever book a call.

General information about how we work and who we work with. For anything specific to your business, our team — not a chatbot — gives you the regulatory read.

We build, test, and lead financial-crime compliance programs — AML/CFT, BSA, and consumer-protection — for FinTechs and money service businesses. Engagements range from a single independent review to standing as your outsourced compliance function.

FinTechs and payments companies, money transmitters, check cashers, currency exchangers, payment processors, crypto and digital-asset businesses, and casinos. If you move money or hold a money-services obligation, you're in our lane.

It's an objective review of your program by someone outside your day-to-day operation — a core BSA expectation and something examiners look for. Whether one is required for you depends on your charter, licenses, and risk profile; that's a quick conversation rather than a one-size answer.

Senior compliance leadership on a part-time, ongoing basis — the experience of a seasoned BSA/AML officer without a full-time hire. It's a common fit for earlier-stage firms that need real expertise but not a full department yet.

Usually the opposite. Building compliance into the product before launch is far cheaper than retrofitting it after a regulator or banking partner raises questions. The fit survey is built to tell you where you stand at any stage.

It's a New York rule setting standards for transaction-monitoring and filtering programs, with an annual certification requirement for covered institutions. Whether you're in scope depends on your NY licensing — we can confirm that for your specific setup.

With the fit survey or a short call. We learn your products, channels, and current exposure, then scope the right starting point — a review, a gap analysis, or ongoing support. Start the fit survey →

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Not sure where your gaps are? Let's find out.

A few quick questions tells us whether we're the right partner for your stage and risk profile — startup or mature. No pressure, no jargon.